Good morning Professor.
Given the state of the current armed forces, I’d have to say that “encomiums” wouldn’t be a word I would use.
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I spent 6 years in Uncle Sam's boys club. Forty plus years ago, and I'm highly suspect of the O 5s and above to right the ship.
Cliche yes, but I've seen this movie before.
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I had to chuckle at the note about the postage revenue loss from the secession. It was offset 3x by the save expense of sending the mail to the south.
Even in 1860 the Post Office couldn’t manage to run their operations efficiently.